On Wed, 20 May 2009 06:16:28 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:


"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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From son in law:

Yes, it's true. The main problem is Boeing's delay of their Block IIF
satellites. The AF is planning to buy 12 of them.

IIF was originally supposed to launch in 2000.... then 2004..... now late
2009 (optimistically).

It's not all Boeing's fault. The Gov't caused a lot of problems with
requirements creep, ill defined needs, and late design changes. You can
read the GAO report online. It' has all the gory detail.




I think they should put new tubes in the old LORAN system transmitters and
keep 'em running for a while.

Eisboch


They'd probably have to get the "tubes" from Russia.

Ted Stevens knows all about tubes and lives right across the pond from
Russia.